Alternatives to DigitalOcean
These featured providers are the closest alternatives to DigitalOcean, selected using provider category, data-center locations, entry prices and comparable VPS plans.
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Top alternatives to DigitalOcean for Performance
Featured VPS provider with comparable plans. Shares 1 data-center country.
Locations: United States
Featured VPS provider with comparable plans.
Locations: Austria
Featured VPS provider with comparable plans. Shares 4 data-center countries.
Locations: Germany, Japan, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States
Featured VPS provider with comparable plans. Shares 2 data-center countries.
Locations: Netherlands, United Kingdom
Price and performance at a glance
Performance is a price-weighted score (out of 100). Entry price is the lowest current monthly VPS price we track.
Price-weighted performance
The score averages the price-weighted scores of each provider's three most recent graded trials (or all available trials when fewer than three exist). A plan score combines web performance, raw CPU capacity, performance stability, disk I/O and network performance; lower plan prices improve the price-weighted score. 100 is best.
Entry monthly price
This is each provider's lowest current monthly VPS price, converted to USD. Bar lengths are relative to the highest entry price shown.
Comparable VPS plans
These plans are all in the same higher-price price band: each alternative plan must be within 30% below or 40% above the selected DigitalOcean plan price. Prices are converted to USD for an easier comparison.
| Provider | Plan | Monthly price | CPU | Memory | Disk | Data transfer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | Basic Premium Intel 4GB 2cores | $32 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 120 GB | 4000 |
| Nobull Networks | P30 Performance VPS | $24 | 2 | 6.0 GB | 75 GB | 12000 |
| DigitalOcean | Basic Premium Intel 4GB 2cores | $32 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 120 GB | 4000 |
| Alwyzon | Virtual Server E8+ | $23.973 | 4 | 8.0 GB | 240 GB | 50000 |
| DigitalOcean | Basic Premium Intel 4GB 2cores | $32 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 120 GB | 4000 |
| Arct Cloud | hvm.tiny | $34.990 | 4 | 8.0 GB | 80 GB | 10000 |
| DigitalOcean | Basic Premium Intel 4GB 2cores | $32 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 120 GB | 4000 |
| quicksrv.io | UK-Game 32 | $32.748 | 6 | 32.0 GB | 500 GB | Unlimited |
Features and locations
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| Feature | DigitalOcean | Nobull Networks | Alwyzon | Arct Cloud | quicksrv.io |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | USA | USA | Austria | USA | Netherlands |
| Locations | Asia: 2 Europe: 3 North America: 2 | North America: 1 | Europe: 1 | Asia: 1 Europe: 3 North America: 1 | Europe: 2 |
| Backups | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Block storage | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Object storage | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Load balancer | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| DDoS protection | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Hourly Billing | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Backups | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Firewall | No | No | No | No | No |
| Total number of data centers | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
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Price and performance by plan
Each dot is a plan used in the price-weighted performance chart above. Its vertical position is the average PW score from its contributing recent trials.